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the supreme court is -- nobody is confused about the importance of the supreme court. i know it is confused about the importance of ideology in the supreme court. the difference between ruth bader ginsburg and antonin scalia is not that one is smart and one is done under in -- one is done. they are both intelligent, good lawyers and ethical. they just see the constitution in different ways. and that is inevitable. you cannot look at questions like does the constitution protect a woman's right to an abortion? may race be used in college admissions? those are as much political questions asked legal questions. that justice gets the republican president are different from you get as a democratic justice. >> why don't you decide because it's too great a responsibility for many. [laughter] >> my question is, article iii calls the supreme court supreme, and supremacy is very fragile. justice jackson's book, the struggle for supremacy. do you think that john roberts is mindful of his place in history, not going to be the key factor in destroying the so-called supremacy of the
the supreme court is -- nobody is confused about the importance of the supreme court. i know it is confused about the importance of ideology in the supreme court. the difference between ruth bader ginsburg and antonin scalia is not that one is smart and one is done under in -- one is done. they are both intelligent, good lawyers and ethical. they just see the constitution in different ways. and that is inevitable. you cannot look at questions like does the constitution protect a woman's right...
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that is sometime it is case when it comes to supreme court appointment. >> reporter: the supreme court, a couple of generations ago follows the election returns. does it? well that's hard to say. when the supreme court in 1954 in brown deed board of education ruled that separate was inherently unequal in education and became the slow painful process of integrating schools the decision was anonymous and was written by warren appointed by eisenhower. you could argue that the court then was leading public opinion that did shift in the years to follow. the voting rights act of 65 and ended legalized segregation in the south. in roe v. wade, also a republican appointee. the court has twice upheld -- the 8-0 1974 decision ordered nixon to turn over his tapes. republican presidents want to appoint conservative justices. philosophically divided yes but not always the way the presidents who pick them expect it. >> reporter: a 1968 interview in which the chief justice talks about the turbulenttime. why shop t.j.maxx and marshalls? one. you get all the awesome brand names. two. you get them for l
that is sometime it is case when it comes to supreme court appointment. >> reporter: the supreme court, a couple of generations ago follows the election returns. does it? well that's hard to say. when the supreme court in 1954 in brown deed board of education ruled that separate was inherently unequal in education and became the slow painful process of integrating schools the decision was anonymous and was written by warren appointed by eisenhower. you could argue that the court then was...
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court term and now three months later a new supreme court term kicks off today and obamacare is not on the docket this term a bunch of other high profile crucially important cases are first on the list for a bit of action for college admissions arguments and fisher versus the university of texas are scheduled to begin on october tenth and the court could strike down racial or economic preferences in college admissions and given the court's five to four conservative advantage it's likely they'll do just that next up the court will weigh. on whether or not corporations can be liable for human rights abuses overseas namely whether or not royal dutch petroleum be sued for being complicit in atrocities committed by the nigerian government the court is also scheduled to hear cases about drug sniffing dogs and warrantless searches and legal questions concerning the foreign intelligence surveillance act known as pfizer which allows the u.s. government to eavesdrop on overseas communications are expected to be addressed by the hoary high court as well. those are some of the cases on the cour
court term and now three months later a new supreme court term kicks off today and obamacare is not on the docket this term a bunch of other high profile crucially important cases are first on the list for a bit of action for college admissions arguments and fisher versus the university of texas are scheduled to begin on october tenth and the court could strike down racial or economic preferences in college admissions and given the court's five to four conservative advantage it's likely they'll...
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court who's fair and impartial you want to supreme court of your hand-picked crony hacks that will do what ever you want them to do rick scott is is used to pushing people around he's just incredibly on. popular in florida right now and so i think what's going to happen this is going to hang around rick scott's neck and his his lack of popularity i believe will defeat this in the end he is wildly unpopular tom that's that's good news let's move on to the debate what questions would you like to see yes. well if they could get off script i would want to say that i want to ask mitt i'd say mitt you tell us that you had no tax advantage in banking off shore if that's the case you had no tax advantage in sending your money to the grand cayman islands or switzerland why don't you just bank here in the united states i'd start off with a question like that i've been asking mitt could you explain please how outsourcing and how outsourcing american jobs is good for america a couple of questions that take him off of script that making really answer what we're all thinking and that is mitt you've
court who's fair and impartial you want to supreme court of your hand-picked crony hacks that will do what ever you want them to do rick scott is is used to pushing people around he's just incredibly on. popular in florida right now and so i think what's going to happen this is going to hang around rick scott's neck and his his lack of popularity i believe will defeat this in the end he is wildly unpopular tom that's that's good news let's move on to the debate what questions would you like to...
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court or i the united states supreme court. that was the only question, and that's not a hard one. >> no regrets? >> oh, no regrets at all, especially since it's clear that the thing would have ended up the same way anyway. the press did extensive research into what would have happened if what al gore wanted done had been done county by county, and he would have lost anyway. >> when people say about you that you're this fantastic justice -- no one disputes that -- incredibly charismatic, you ask the most questions. >> i don't ask the most questions. that's not true. >> apparently someone has asked in the last 35 years, you hear the guy that asks the most questions. will >> i used to be. >> you ask more than justice thomas, right? >> that's a low bar. >> it's just a bit weird. the guy can join the supreme court and literally not ask any questions? >> that's not unusual. will thurgood marshall rarely asked any questions. in fact, a lot of them -- i was the first one who started asking a lot of questions. i appeared before the cou
court or i the united states supreme court. that was the only question, and that's not a hard one. >> no regrets? >> oh, no regrets at all, especially since it's clear that the thing would have ended up the same way anyway. the press did extensive research into what would have happened if what al gore wanted done had been done county by county, and he would have lost anyway. >> when people say about you that you're this fantastic justice -- no one disputes that -- incredibly...
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these problems were presented to the supreme court. the tree or for conferences before deciding to take the case. only eight justices acted on the order because the solicitor general filed the amicus brief in support of the university of texas in the fifth circuit of appeals says she isn't sitting on this case so we have only four justices on the case and the potential for the tide is certainly there. despite the fact that she is dubious remedies even if she could prove she were harmed in the the system is unconstitutional, the court nevertheless took the case. some of the briefs have pointed out that among other minorities, the asians are discriminated against and of course it is historically true that the chinese and the japanese were discriminated against for long periods of time in its history. if you're interested in the data you might as well have them. in texas there are about 3% of the population is asian american. there are problems with all of these numbers, and that is to use the overall percentage of the population, do you
these problems were presented to the supreme court. the tree or for conferences before deciding to take the case. only eight justices acted on the order because the solicitor general filed the amicus brief in support of the university of texas in the fifth circuit of appeals says she isn't sitting on this case so we have only four justices on the case and the potential for the tide is certainly there. despite the fact that she is dubious remedies even if she could prove she were harmed in the...
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supreme court. the author examines the recent addition of four justices in the past fife years -- five years and how it has affected the court's decisions on numerous cases including its recent ruling on health care. it's about an hour. [applause] >> thank you, mark. hello, everybody. so excited to be here in philadelphia. you know, i know that's just the usual pandering that goes on by speakers, but in my case it happens to be true. i am not myself from philadelphia, but my dad, jerry toobin, was overbrook high school -- [applause] oh, yeah. the panlderring has just begun, don't worry. [laughter] curtis institute, i don't know if we have any violinists here. and he went to temple as well. [applause] so, you know, and e taught me that -- he taught me that the streets were paved with tasty cake here, and i have enjoyed my visits ever since. [laughter] i would, um, i'm really happy to be talking about the oath today, it only came out two days ago. so far so good. [laughter] and, um, it's, um, it's, yo
supreme court. the author examines the recent addition of four justices in the past fife years -- five years and how it has affected the court's decisions on numerous cases including its recent ruling on health care. it's about an hour. [applause] >> thank you, mark. hello, everybody. so excited to be here in philadelphia. you know, i know that's just the usual pandering that goes on by speakers, but in my case it happens to be true. i am not myself from philadelphia, but my dad, jerry...
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supreme court. there was a lot on the line for both sides. >> this to me was really about the last hundred years and what kind of system we ended up developing, but also the next hundred years. >> ryssdal: it would take six months for the u.s. supreme court to weigh in. >> we want to bring you an update on another developing story, the high court doubling down citizens united. >> the supreme court rejected a challenge to citizens united. >> ryssdal: they did so in a single paragraph, without a hearing, refusing to reconsider citizens united. bopp had won again. >> the supreme court majority is not ready, i think, to look at whether they were wrong about the potential for corruption by independent spending. that's the immediate takeaway from montana. >> ryssdal: legal theories are one thing. political realities are another. which makes this the point where the story of wtp gets really interesting... where we get back to the boxes from colorado. remember the boxes, right? the ones that were found in t
supreme court. there was a lot on the line for both sides. >> this to me was really about the last hundred years and what kind of system we ended up developing, but also the next hundred years. >> ryssdal: it would take six months for the u.s. supreme court to weigh in. >> we want to bring you an update on another developing story, the high court doubling down citizens united. >> the supreme court rejected a challenge to citizens united. >> ryssdal: they did so in...
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supreme court. tell me why you devoted an entire chapter to the boredom factor. when what do you make of it when you crassty contrast it to the brainy individual. >>>> guest: i thought i needed to explain why he did the other things i think the dore come, i think the title of the chapter, and i did title the chapter "bored at the court." there was no doubt in my mind he wasn't challenged by much of the work. he had been warned about this by bill douglas. he took him under his wing and they were so ideologically opposite and yet bill douglas believed that as a young man coming on the court, he was 7 when he came to the court. douglas even younger when he was mom nominated by fdr. you have to have a lot of other pursuits. ic that if william was bored, i think if he had not been nominate to be the chief, he needed vast stimulus, really, because he was so smart. and so i think that if he had not been nominated to be chief, it's clear to me going back and reading my interview transcript with him he would have retired. he would have retired in 1989. had he mentioned th
supreme court. tell me why you devoted an entire chapter to the boredom factor. when what do you make of it when you crassty contrast it to the brainy individual. >>>> guest: i thought i needed to explain why he did the other things i think the dore come, i think the title of the chapter, and i did title the chapter "bored at the court." there was no doubt in my mind he wasn't challenged by much of the work. he had been warned about this by bill douglas. he took him under...
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coming up in this half hour, the supreme court is back in session and promising to be another tumultuous turn as it references racial preferences and college admissions. could it be a potential pickup of republicans in the bluest of blue states. first an update on the investigation into last month's deadly attacks in benghazi, libya. congress hearings are planned for next week with members of the house oversight committee promising tough questions for the administration over allegations of lax security at the u.s. consulate leading town that assault. and darrell issa and david chapman sent a let secretary of state hillary clinton claiming that quote, multiple u.s. federal government officials confirmed to the committee that prior to september 11th attack, the u.s. mission in libya made repeated requests for increased security in benghazi. the mission in libya, however, was denied these resources by officials in washington. the fbi arrived in benghazi wednesday, three weeks after the attack, but spent only about 12 hours there. we're back with dan henninger, and also wall street board, ma
coming up in this half hour, the supreme court is back in session and promising to be another tumultuous turn as it references racial preferences and college admissions. could it be a potential pickup of republicans in the bluest of blue states. first an update on the investigation into last month's deadly attacks in benghazi, libya. congress hearings are planned for next week with members of the house oversight committee promising tough questions for the administration over allegations of lax...
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>>> coming up, a lucky severson report on lobbying to defeat state supreme court justices who make decisions the lobbyists don't like. can justices remain impartial when they have to raise money for re-election? >>> also, a judy valente story on the thousands of neighborhoods -- urban and rural -- where the residents have no access to food that is fresh. they call them food deserts. >>> and after the solemn high holidays, the exuberant jewish celebration of simchat torah. it's the end of the one-year cycle of reading the torah and the beginning of the next, starting all over. >>> welcome. i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. >>> president obama and governor mitt romney squared off in their first presidential debate wednesday. earlier in the week, thousands of conservative christians gathered in philadelphia to pray for the future of the country. organizers said the rally was not political, although same-sex marriage and abortion were widely denounced. they also called for 40 days of prayer leading up to the election. >>> meanwhile, this weekend, a conservative christian group is
>>> coming up, a lucky severson report on lobbying to defeat state supreme court justices who make decisions the lobbyists don't like. can justices remain impartial when they have to raise money for re-election? >>> also, a judy valente story on the thousands of neighborhoods -- urban and rural -- where the residents have no access to food that is fresh. they call them food deserts. >>> and after the solemn high holidays, the exuberant jewish celebration of simchat...
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the florida supreme court just wanted some other facts. they said can you just tell us how often there are false positive? can you tell us about the training programs and what the statistics are? this is supposed to be a probabilistic inquiry. what are the odds we will find something in the car? the petitioners says -- sorry, the respondent says the dog often alerts to residual smells here. things that were not in the car or even smells that or on people's hands as they open the handle of the door for it -- openness and love the door. the dog was trained to alert to methamphetamines, but what they have alerted to is precursors to methamphetamines. maybe the driver has some on his hands and transfers the smell to the door, and that is what happened. but he wants to say how often is it residuals malls? gas station guy or whatever. the government says we allow this for people, so if the police smelled marijuana, they can follow that because they can follow that up and they're probably right. the dog has an even better sense of smell, so surel
the florida supreme court just wanted some other facts. they said can you just tell us how often there are false positive? can you tell us about the training programs and what the statistics are? this is supposed to be a probabilistic inquiry. what are the odds we will find something in the car? the petitioners says -- sorry, the respondent says the dog often alerts to residual smells here. things that were not in the car or even smells that or on people's hands as they open the handle of the...
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supreme court. the author examines the recent addition of four justices in the past fife years -- five years and how it has affected the court's decisions on numerous cases including its recent ruling on health care. it's about an hour. [applause] >> thank you, mark. hello, everybody. so excited to be here in philadelphia. you know, i know that's just the usual pandering that goes on by speakers, but in my case it happens to be true. i am not myself from philadelphia, but my dad, jerry toobin, was overbrook high school -- [applause] oh, yeah. the panlderring has just begun, don't worry. [laughter] curtis institute, i don't know if we have any violinists here. and he went to temple as well. [applause] so, you know, and e taught me that -- he taught me that the streets were paved with tasty cake here, and i have enjoyed my visits ever since. [laughter] i would, um, i'm really happy to be talking about the oath today, it only came out two days ago. so far so good. [laughter] and, um, it's, um, it's, yo
supreme court. the author examines the recent addition of four justices in the past fife years -- five years and how it has affected the court's decisions on numerous cases including its recent ruling on health care. it's about an hour. [applause] >> thank you, mark. hello, everybody. so excited to be here in philadelphia. you know, i know that's just the usual pandering that goes on by speakers, but in my case it happens to be true. i am not myself from philadelphia, but my dad, jerry...
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and it is chaired by the senior supreme court justice. they then interview people who have applied for these positions and recommend three people to the governor. and then the governor makes the decision. and this is a non-partisan commission. >> and i understand this came about because 50 years ago voters in iowa amended the constitution to remove partisan politics from that selection process. is that right? >> that's exactly right. i think that people in iowa were concerned that there was going to be politics and money in the court system and in the way that judges were selected. and so, they made this a constitutional amendment. that means it had to be passed by two consecutive legislative sessions and then it went to a vote of the people. so, this was very important to the people of iowa. it's in our constitution. and we want to keep it that way. we don't want to change a system that's kept money and politics out of our courts for 50 years. >> so, what's happening now? >> well, when the decision came down from the supreme court about
and it is chaired by the senior supreme court justice. they then interview people who have applied for these positions and recommend three people to the governor. and then the governor makes the decision. and this is a non-partisan commission. >> and i understand this came about because 50 years ago voters in iowa amended the constitution to remove partisan politics from that selection process. is that right? >> that's exactly right. i think that people in iowa were concerned that...
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i believe at the end of the day what will ultimately happen is the supreme court will send it back to the court of appeals and at that point we will address the constitutionality of the employer mandate in general and that also in addition to that we will address the free exercise of religion as it applies to the religious employers under the employer mandate and those individuals that also have religious objections to the forced funding and subsidizing of abortion inducing drugs contraception and sterilization. those are critical issues that have not been addressed and those can go right back to the united states supreme court and if we win on that issues it will essentially sink obama care and put such a big hole in the bottom of the ship that it will go down eventually in 2013. that is what our hope is and that is where we believe the direction will go in the future. >> shannon: a fascinating development this case could be back before the high court as early as 2013. thanks for your time. >> thank you. my pleasure to be with you. >> when we get back, we will ask governor palin some
i believe at the end of the day what will ultimately happen is the supreme court will send it back to the court of appeals and at that point we will address the constitutionality of the employer mandate in general and that also in addition to that we will address the free exercise of religion as it applies to the religious employers under the employer mandate and those individuals that also have religious objections to the forced funding and subsidizing of abortion inducing drugs contraception...
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chamber of commerce three months before richard nixon put paul on the supreme court part of paul's memo was we need to stack the courts what came out of that was the federalist society and this whole effort to put these hardcore right wing crazies into our courts and now we're seeing more and more courts around the country more and more judicial positions around the country are aleck did and does it because the citizens united people like koch brothers can come in and basically by the judges by by in the elections even when they're considered not partisan it's something fundamentally wrong you're absolutely right bill in monaco wisconsin a bill what's up. yeah i'd like you to if you're great you got up there on the next i move that mark and richard good well at that pipeline are going from canada right . i'd like to know if romney is the only matter if you got somebody else building that to that you could run over people were over right over there landed and everything else well you know thank you bill i appreciate your taking the time to call in and raise the issue of the trans canada
chamber of commerce three months before richard nixon put paul on the supreme court part of paul's memo was we need to stack the courts what came out of that was the federalist society and this whole effort to put these hardcore right wing crazies into our courts and now we're seeing more and more courts around the country more and more judicial positions around the country are aleck did and does it because the citizens united people like koch brothers can come in and basically by the judges by...
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next, my take on the supreme court. that's ahead hershey's drops. a lot of hershey's happiness in little drops of milk chocolate. and cookies n creme. i don't after 18 years on death row for murder that he didn't commit. he joins us coming up. but right now let's check in with jennifer granholm in "the war room." what have you got for us tonight. >> jennifer: tonight we're going to do some myth busting or better put mitt busting romney claims the president will lie in the debates but we have done some fact checking. if there is anyone who has run fast and loose with the truth it's romney in the campaign. we'll get analysis and pre-debate strategy with alan schroeder, the author of " "presidential debates: 5 years of high-risk tv." that's right here right in "the war room"." >> eliot: that sounds great. we'll be watching. thanks our conversation is with you the viewer because we're independent. >>here's how you can connect with "viewpoint with eliot spitzer." >>questions, of course, need to be answered. >>we will not settle for the easy answers. a. >
next, my take on the supreme court. that's ahead hershey's drops. a lot of hershey's happiness in little drops of milk chocolate. and cookies n creme. i don't after 18 years on death row for murder that he didn't commit. he joins us coming up. but right now let's check in with jennifer granholm in "the war room." what have you got for us tonight. >> jennifer: tonight we're going to do some myth busting or better put mitt busting romney claims the president will lie in the...
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court is in session. -- with fear because the supreme court is in session. the big case is fisher v university of texas. >> a decade ago the court ruled that race could be used as a factor granting college admission. today a new supreme court heard a challenge to that which could change the law of the land on affirmative action. >> affirmative action will return to the supreme court docket. it involves a white student female who claims affirmative action was the reason she was shut out at the university of texas. >> for the first time to in ten years the justices are weighing the question: has affirmative action run its course? >> yes, because discrimination is over. just look at cnn. they employ on all talent from all ethnicities and backgrounds and that's just soledad o'brien. the student denied admission to the university of texas claims her race was held against her forcing her toll attend louisiana state university. folks, there's no greater injustice than having to attend your safety school. [ laughter ] i was devastated when i had to go to dartmouth i
court is in session. -- with fear because the supreme court is in session. the big case is fisher v university of texas. >> a decade ago the court ruled that race could be used as a factor granting college admission. today a new supreme court heard a challenge to that which could change the law of the land on affirmative action. >> affirmative action will return to the supreme court docket. it involves a white student female who claims affirmative action was the reason she was shut...
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supreme court. tell me why you devoted an entire chapter to this factor, and what you make of it, this contrasted very brainy individual. >> guest: i thought that i needed to explain that his boredom, i think the title of the chapter, and i didn't title this, ward at the court. there is no doubt in my mind that he was intellectually challenged by most of the work that the court appeared he had been warned about this by bill douglas. bill douglas took him under his wing as a young man, and these guys were so ideologically opposite, polar opposites, and yet, bill douglas believed that as a young man coming on the court, whose 47 years old when he came onto the court, he was even much younger when he was nominated. but he believed that he inculcated that you have to have a lot of other -- a lot of other pursuits. i think that if he had not been nominated to be the chief -- he just needed vast stimulus, really. because he was so smart. and so i think that if he had not been nominated to be the chief, it
supreme court. tell me why you devoted an entire chapter to this factor, and what you make of it, this contrasted very brainy individual. >> guest: i thought that i needed to explain that his boredom, i think the title of the chapter, and i didn't title this, ward at the court. there is no doubt in my mind that he was intellectually challenged by most of the work that the court appeared he had been warned about this by bill douglas. bill douglas took him under his wing as a young man, and...
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eight of the nine supreme court justices. associate justice elana kagan recused herself because she was involved with the case while she served as solicitor general before joining the court. >>> commuters beware, that air bag you're counting on to save your life may be a fake that does not perform as advertised. according to the national highway traffic safety administration, criminals are selling the fake bags to unknowing suppliers who are then installing them in cars, perhaps yours. in some cases the bags explode and even send fragments hurtling towards the driver, but nhtsa says most drivers are not at risk. >> in fact, believe the safety issue may involve less than .1% of the u.s. fleet and only consumers that had their air bag replaced in the past three years by a repair shop that is not part of a new car dealership may be the folks that maybe most at risk. >> but you could be at risk if you recently bought a car titled salvaged, rebuilt or reconstructed. by the way, no air bag injuries or deaths have been reported so f
eight of the nine supreme court justices. associate justice elana kagan recused herself because she was involved with the case while she served as solicitor general before joining the court. >>> commuters beware, that air bag you're counting on to save your life may be a fake that does not perform as advertised. according to the national highway traffic safety administration, criminals are selling the fake bags to unknowing suppliers who are then installing them in cars, perhaps yours....
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lost in the lower courts in texas which are obliged to apply strictly supreme court precedent. the law in texas, federal district court and court of appeals both held the university of texas plan which was modeled on university of michigan law school plan that had been upheld in 2003, followed the university of michigan plan closely enough that the court was obliged to uphold it. even one justice who said he hated racial preferences and would love to strike in down said that he had no choice but to uphold this one as a matter of supreme court precedents. seven early of the 16 justices on that circuit disagreed and thought they could strike down under the greater president but the case finds its way to the supreme court and is likely to become the most important case in history on racial preferences. not so much because there's anything that extraordinary about this case but the composition of the court has changed since the 2003 cases which gave a fairly green light to racial preference, large racial preferences as long as they are camouflaged beneath a complicated whole list -
lost in the lower courts in texas which are obliged to apply strictly supreme court precedent. the law in texas, federal district court and court of appeals both held the university of texas plan which was modeled on university of michigan law school plan that had been upheld in 2003, followed the university of michigan plan closely enough that the court was obliged to uphold it. even one justice who said he hated racial preferences and would love to strike in down said that he had no choice...
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supreme court. he drives this little studebaker out to washington with no heater ands caught in a blizzard -- and gets caught in a blizzard. but he gets there, and he shows up at the court, and he actually starts working. and he's in awe of the supreme court and the corinthian columns in this great place that he's now in. >> host: right. and that's a really big break for him. you know, obviously, he had proven himself academically, very smart, got into the schools he applied to. but here is a crucial move with justice jackson. but it also leads to something that haunts him for the rest of his career. >> guest: right. >> host: and that has to do with his memos in the brown v. board of education case. >> guest: right. >> host: why don't you tell us what his role was and why it turned out to be controversial. >> guest: well, he actually wrote a number of memos, and those memos kind of stumbled out on stage in a very rough sequence over, many years later, and they came back to haunt him. what he did, so
supreme court. he drives this little studebaker out to washington with no heater ands caught in a blizzard -- and gets caught in a blizzard. but he gets there, and he shows up at the court, and he actually starts working. and he's in awe of the supreme court and the corinthian columns in this great place that he's now in. >> host: right. and that's a really big break for him. you know, obviously, he had proven himself academically, very smart, got into the schools he applied to. but here...
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supreme court heard in its last session. early this year, upholding the affordable care act. the president addressed the nation shortly after. said, he preserved his judicial legacy on that court. >> the supreme court upheld the constitutionality of affordable care act. in doing so, they reaffirmed a fundamental principle, that here in america, in the wealthiest nation on earth, no illness or accident should lead to any families controlling. i know there will be discussion today about the politics of all this, about who won and who lost, that is how these tech things tend to be viewed in washington. but that discussion completely misses the point. whatever the politics, today's decision was a victory for people all over the country whose lives will be more secure because of this law and supreme court's decision to uphold it. >> your response? >> certainly, good reason to be pleased with the decision, as were americans brought the country, but it is interesting, ever since that decision was released, there has been a hush aro
supreme court heard in its last session. early this year, upholding the affordable care act. the president addressed the nation shortly after. said, he preserved his judicial legacy on that court. >> the supreme court upheld the constitutionality of affordable care act. in doing so, they reaffirmed a fundamental principle, that here in america, in the wealthiest nation on earth, no illness or accident should lead to any families controlling. i know there will be discussion today about the...
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supreme court will do. having worked on those, i will not -- and knowing supreme court justices, i will not predict what they're going to do, and i don't think any democrat or republican can. i think maybe perhaps you can predict democrat nominees a little better than republicans. you know, the issues are going to -- are going to drive the economy and drive women are these economic issues. you've seen that in the focus groups you've done. you've seen the polls, and that is why the polls are closing. they understand mitt romney, who had a cabinet that was half women, wants to put women in senior positions, wants them to have a good working situation. >> he does? >> that's his record -- >> he does have a -- he did a record of having women in hi administration, which brings me to the debate the other night. the binders full of women. obviously, mitt romney was saying to say there's binders full of resumes because they're qualified people. i have to say at the least it came out awkward. >> we don't have to orde
supreme court will do. having worked on those, i will not -- and knowing supreme court justices, i will not predict what they're going to do, and i don't think any democrat or republican can. i think maybe perhaps you can predict democrat nominees a little better than republicans. you know, the issues are going to -- are going to drive the economy and drive women are these economic issues. you've seen that in the focus groups you've done. you've seen the polls, and that is why the polls are...
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it flatters the supreme court. they make decisions and it is light -- i cannot explain how to say it. you have a problem and the supreme court takes it and they will do like what they did with abortion. right. a woman's that aggravates me. we're doing worse than then people. the constitution -- a woman has a baby in our country. a citizen. that was put in for the slaves. they turned the constitution all around and that is what i do not like about it. guest: despite the secretive ways they go about making their decisions, they are the most transparent branch of government. they explained the reasons why they do something in a lengthy opinion filled with citations and references. often there are dissenting opinions. we have for the supreme court, a detailed explanation of how they got to the explanations that they reached. everybody can read them and judge them. we are bound to follow the rulings. if people are concerned about a ruling, it is easier than ever source.rectly to the s it is worth reading them and seeing
it flatters the supreme court. they make decisions and it is light -- i cannot explain how to say it. you have a problem and the supreme court takes it and they will do like what they did with abortion. right. a woman's that aggravates me. we're doing worse than then people. the constitution -- a woman has a baby in our country. a citizen. that was put in for the slaves. they turned the constitution all around and that is what i do not like about it. guest: despite the secretive ways they go...
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very quietly the supreme court may stop us from that! is it legal? moments away >> bill: in the impact segment, there is no question the romney campaign now has momentum because of the first debate. the daily rasmussen poll out has the race again tied at 48. the governor moved up in states like pennsylvania and michigan where he was losing ground before the debate >> a poor place to be for a couple of reasons. number one, is head to head number was under 47 before the debate. it's very difficult when you have a known quantity to claw up to 50. so that was a very, very poor place for him to be. so we're looking at this polling data not only in florida, but in virginia and in north carolina and it's overwhelming. the other part of the florida poll is that there are 12 candidates on the ballot. and if you look, a lot of people don't think of it as a two-person race. when you look at the votes for the third party candidates, they're second choice is romney by a long shot. so as those votes convert to romney or obama -- >> bill: you're say not guilty in a
very quietly the supreme court may stop us from that! is it legal? moments away >> bill: in the impact segment, there is no question the romney campaign now has momentum because of the first debate. the daily rasmussen poll out has the race again tied at 48. the governor moved up in states like pennsylvania and michigan where he was losing ground before the debate >> a poor place to be for a couple of reasons. number one, is head to head number was under 47 before the debate. it's...